Current management of impingement syndrome and repairable rotator cuff tears in South Korea: A web-based survey
Hyungsuk Kim, Jae-Hoo Lee, Ji Young Yoon, Hyojune Kim, Jae Soo Kim, Seong Hun Kim · 2026
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Hyungsuk Kim leads a 2026 web survey of how shoulder surgeons in South Korea treat impingement and torn rotator cuffs. Members of the Korean Arthroscopy Society answered questions on when to operate, how to repair tears, and how to handle related tendon problems. One hundred surgeons completed the survey.
Most said they rarely operate for impingement with no clear tear, and wait for lasting symptoms. During repair, most removed only a bone spur, and a suture-bridge repair was favored for full tears. Choices for partial tears varied more, and university surgeons used some added patches and treatments more often than others.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Hyungsuk Kim, Jae-Hoo Lee, Ji Young Yoon, Hyojune Kim, Jae Soo Kim, Seong Hun Kim |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 56148 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |